The letterbox clatters and sitting on the mat is a piece of paper, in black and white, with everything needed to blow Annaâs perfect life apart.
A baby scan photo.
Anna and Jon have been trying for a baby with no success, so after years of disappointment, this feels like a kick in the teeth.
Who sent it? And why?
Annaâs thoughts fall on Grace â the keen young woman Jon hired at their printing business. Something about Grace isnât quite right. She asks too many questions and makes Anna nervous but she canât work out why.
And she canât deny she sees the way her husband looks at her.
All she knows is this baby scan might tear her marriage apart...
A twisty and addictive domestic drama where you can TRUST NO ONE, perfect for fans of Claire Douglas and Louise Candlish.
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Alison Stockhamâs debut novel, The Cuckoo Sister, was a top 10 bestseller and was also longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize. She comes from a background in film and television production, working in film dramas and then TV documentary production for the BBC and Channel 4. She then worked as the events coordinator for Cambridge Literary Festival. Now a full time writer, she lives in the city with her family. Alison is published by award-winning publisher Boldwood Books